# The best German breads and rolls

Germany has over 300 registered bread varieties; German bread culture has been on the German UNESCO Commission's national inventory of intangible heritage since 2014. The favourite breads and rolls according to the bakers' trade and ÖKO-TEST.

- 26 votes · 14 items
- Oct 25, 2025 · niklas_brezel
- https://even.best/en/l/599/the-best-german-breads-and-rolls

## Top 10

1. **Vollkornbrot** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Dense wholegrain rye bread with seeds.
2. **Laugenbrezel** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Swabian and Bavarian lye pretzel with coarse salt.
3. **Weizenmischbrot** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Germans' favourite bread, more wheat than rye.
4. **Roggenmischbrot** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Hearty sourdough rye-wheat bread, among the most popular according to bakers.
5. **Bauernbrot** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rustic sourdough mixed-grain loaf with a strong crust.
6. **Laugenstange** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Long lye rolls, a bakery counter classic.
7. **Brötchen (Schrippe, Semmel)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The breakfast roll with many regional names.
8. **Dinkelbrot** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Spelt bread, trending in recent years.
9. **Schwarzwälder Kruste** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rustic crusty loaf from the south-west.
10. **Rosinenbrötchen** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sweet yeast rolls with raisins for Sunday breakfast.
11. **Körnerbrötchen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rolls with sunflower, pumpkin and sesame seeds, especially popular.
12. **Pumpkin seed bread** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mixed bread with pumpkin seeds in the dough and on the crust, a bakery classic.
13. **Franzbrötchen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hamburg Danish pastries with cinnamon and sugar, baked flattened.
14. **Pumpernickel** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Westphalian black bread baked for up to 24 hours at low temperature, slightly sweet.

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